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| Wired editor Chris Anderson publicly blacklisted hundreds of PR spammers. Yeah!!! |
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Things Turn Ugly in the ‘Hacks vs. Flacks’ War – New York Times
I love this! Wired editor Chris Anderson got sick of being spammed with news releases from PR flacks. So he posted “the addresses of 329 unsolicited e-mail messages he had received and telling the senders that he had permanently blocked them.” YEAH! (tags: PR shortsighted problems journalism adversarial solutions tidbits+fodder)
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Calling All Citizen Journalists: New York | NewAssignment.Net
“Five 3-person Backpack Feedback Media crews will roam NYC for five nights, 11/6-10. Their mission: Travel to several locations where they will play provocative clips from Current TV for everyone to see.” (tags: citizen+journalism NY PR marketing video)
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Knowledge Jolt with Jack: Serendipity as a line to knowledge
“People will find things through diligent search. But they also stumble across useful things in otherf ways. Shouldn’t our tech and services encourage BOTH. Are you responsible for your CMS or DMS or Portal? Does anyone browse around those services?” (tags: knowledge+management search serendipity usability human+nature)
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EU cracks down on fake blogs : NevilleHobson.com
“2005 EU Directive on Unfair Commercial Practices prohibits pressure selling, misleading marketing and unfair advertising. Will become part of EU members’ national laws in early 2008. Social media channels such as blogs, esp. fake blogs, are included.” (tags: Europe ethics law blogs marketing business nefarious problems government)
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Common Sense Journalism: Cooperation isn’t just an 11-letter word
“Just as the time of the lone-wolf journalist has largely passed (at least in media companies), so has passed the time of lone-wolf media companies in an age when creating and deploying technology is critical.” (tags: collaboration competition technology sharing news+biz publishing tidbits+fodder change)
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Marketing Roadmaps
“The responsible practitioners of PR — the good guys — are still faced with unrealistic client expectations, a societal attitude that PR people are guilty until proven innocent and really bad PR practice from some members of the profession.” (tags: PR controversy spam ethics business problems)
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POP! PR Jots: PR will lose Social Media to Advertising Because of Sex – by Jeremy Pepper
“What can PR do to [save social media] – because at the end of the day, we need to win or social media will be ruined (and we’ll be blamed). Here’s my bullet-pointed plan to save PR…” (tags: PR advertising marketing content+quality content+strategy problems social+media)
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Office of the Governor :: Blog
This is interesting — a group weblog from the Governator’s office. I like this approach! It’s multimedia, of course (hey, this is CA…) (tags: government blogs PR content+strategy)
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Readers flush out the truth about toilets
Great example of a community-focused, crowdsourced, practical article from a mainstream news org. (tags: crowdsourcing mainstream+media)
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Innovation in College Media » Blog Archive » Getting to the web-first mentality – start with the Content Management System
“Start putting the web content management system into the workflow at the front end. This could be as simple as using Google Docs or WriteWith, which allos collaboration on documents, or just have the reporters type their stories into your web CMS.” (tags: journalism processes tools mindset change media+evolution tidbits+fodder students education)
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At NBC, the Brand Becomes a Slogan – New York Times
Ugh…. “NBC Universal’s media properties this week, as network logos turn green, on-screen graphics offer tips for reducing carbon emissions and television episodes emphasize environmentally friendly plot lines.” (tags: environment business PR+marketing TV)
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